Airports Where Uber Pickup is Allowed

With Uber’s rapid worldwide expansion, more travelers are opting out of traditional methods of transportation in favor of the ease and convenience offered by Uber. Trips to and from the airport can be cheaper and more easily arranged than hailing a cab. While a number of airports prohibit Uber airport pickups, there have been numerous ways passengers and Uber drivers have gotten around it: Arranging pickups in nearby parking lots, the arrival area, having passengers sit in the front seat, etc. Still, I figured it would be helpful to have a list of cities that allowed Uber drivers to pick up passengers at the airport. In trying to figure this out, I realized there wasn’t a single list out there, so I decided to put one together.

San Francisco International: One of the airports where Lyft Pickup is allowed

An Uber representative directed me to the Uber cities page and explained that every city with a flat fare for airport pickups was a good indicator of which cities allowed it. On the other hand, if the city listed a flat fare from the city to the airport only, it meant Uber pickups were not allowed. So I spent hours going through every city page, as well as double checking the Uber blog to come up with a complete list. Of the 224 cities served by Uber, only 58 allow official Uber pickups at the airport.

North America

Out of the 128 North American cities Uber operates in, just 19 of them allow airport pickup – that’s less than 15% of the cities on the list. This is far less than in any other region. The same goes for the number of cities for which Uber offers a flat fare for airport drop-off: There are just two that offer this.

While Denver doesn’t list a flat rate airport pick-up fee, according to this blog post, Uber began operating out of Denver International Airport in September 2014. The average fare between DIA and downtown Denver is $36-49.

Washington DC also doesn’t list flat fares for airport pickup, something that will change with the passing of the Vehicle-for-Hire Innovation Act. Until that happens, Uber can be requested at Reagan National Airport (DCA) from Terminal B and C. Uber drivers can pick up passengers on the second curb at the arrivals level.

At Washington Dulles International (IAD), drivers can pick up passengers in the hourly parking area. Baltimore Washington International (BWI) is the only airport in the area where passengers can be picked up directly in the arrivals area.

Aside from these exceptions, Uber drivers can pick up passengers at airports in the following cities:

Atlanta

Charlotte

Dallas

Denver

Halifax

Honolulu

Jacksonville

Las Vegas (UberX, UberXL, UberSELECT)

Los Angeles International Airport

Madison

Nashville

New Jersey

New Orleans

Philadelphia

Phoenix

Sacramento

San Francisco

Seattle

Tacoma

Toronto

Washington, DC

Flat fare to the airport only

Mexico City

New York City (Only to Newark Airport)

Central & South America

Uber serves just nine cities in Central and South America. Five of them offer airport pickup:

Bogota

Cali – Colombia

Lima

Panama City

Santiago

Europe, Middle East & Africa

In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Uber offers airport pickup in 16 of 48 cities. This includes some of the busiest airports in Europe. The Middle East and Africa are way behind, with each region offering just 1-2 cities in which airport pickups are officially allowed.

Amsterdam

Beirut

Gothenburg

Jeddah

Istanbul

Lisbon

London (London Heathrow, Gatwick)

Lyon

Milan

Munich

Paris

Rome

Saint Petersburg

Stockholm

Vienna

Flat fare to the airport only

Dubai

Lagos

Manchester

Moscow

Rotterdam

Warsaw

Asia Pacific

In the Asia Pacific region, airport pickup is allowed in 18 of 39 cities. In addition, six cities offer flat fares for airport drop-off. While Bangalore doesn’t list any flat fares on its city page, this September blog post indicates that it does.

Adelaide

Auckland

Bangalore

Beijing

Chengdu

Guangzhou

Hangzhou

Hanoi

Hong Kong

Perth

Phuket

Shenzhen

Shanghai

Singapore

Sydney

Tokyo (Narita)

Wellington

Wuhan

Flat fare to the airport only

Bangkok

Jakarta Bangkok

Johor Bahru

Kuala Lumpur

Seoul

Taipei

This is what I was able to scrounge up with the information Uber gave me, along with my own research. I will be updating this list as more cities join the herd and begin allowing drivers to pick up passengers from the airport. If there is any city missing from this list, please share it in the comment section.

As a reminder, Uber is offering $30 off your first ride when you sign up by November 23, 2014. After that, it will drop to $20. If you use my referral link, we will both earn a free ride worth upwards of $30.

You can use your AMEX card for UBER abroad. You will be charged in the local currency and if your AMEX card charges foreign transaction fees, this will also be charged. Best to find a credit card that doesn’t charge foreign transaction fees.

Add BOS to the list of airports where Uber picks up. Using UberX, they route drivers with Livery Plates to the “Limo” pickup area to comply with regulations, same price as regular UberX, aside from the tunnel tolls.